WORCESTER - A crowd of people gathered at the intersection of Southbridge and Cambridge streets around 6:30 p.m. tonight for a vigil in memory of Jessica Ann Spinola, 20, who was killed Friday night after being struck by a school bus while she was crossing Southbridge Street.

The crowd dispersed by 8 but a stuffed rabbit and teddy bear were tied to light posts; votive candles flickered in the light rain; and posters, photos and flowers remained affixed to the wall of the corner building at 481 Cambridge St.

The posters showed pictures of a smiling young woman with friends and family, including an infant boy. Mourners had written messages expressing their love for Ms. Spinola, whose life, they wrote, was too short.

Worcester police have not released the name of the pedestrian victim and did not immediately return an email request for confirmation.

According to police, the woman was hit while crossing the street. She had been in the passenger seat of a car that stopped at the red light in the left lane of the southbound side of Southbridge Street. To the right of the stopped car was the empty school bus, police said.

Police said the victim got out of the car and walked around the front of the car to the driver's side and opened the driver's side rear door to retrieve items in the back seat. While traffic was still stopped, she entered the crosswalk, but as the light turned green, the 62-year-old driver of the bus did not see her and struck her.